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St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre

Address

post code 191014

Russia, St. Petersburg, Mayakovskogo st., 15

Artistic Director - Yuri Petukhov

Tel.: +7 (812) 273-19-97

Fax: +7 (812) 275-53-12

www.yacobsonballet.ru

Phone

+7 (812) 273-19-97

The company was founded by Peter Gusev in 1966. In 1969 the famous Russian choreographer Leonid Jacobson was appointed Artistic Director and the original name of the company was changed to "Choreographic Miniatures" which is the title of one of his productions. After Jacobson died in 1976 he was succeeded by his friend and favorite dancer Askold Makarov. Since May 2001 the Artistic Director of the comany has been Yuri Petukhov, a former principal of the Mikhailovskiy Ballet.

The Baltic Dance Theatre started its existence on March 1, 2010 but already two years earlier young, talented dancers started arriving in Gdańsk from all over Poland to strengthen the small, yet dynamically developing Baltic Opera ballet team. Consecutive premieres: 4&4 and Eurasia choreographed by Izadora Weiss, Men’s Dance by Wojciech Misiuro, Jacek Przybyłowicz and [...]